Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shylock
Shylock, proper n. [possibly < Hebrew Shiloh, place in Palestine < asher-lo 'whose right it is'.]
Extortioner; blackmailer; loan shark; moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; merciless usurer who charges disproportionate interest.
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